Mr. Franc, who has held a number of positions on Capitol Hill, is vice president of Government Relations at The Heritage Foundation. To send a question or comment to Mike Franc, email him at: MichaelFranc@heritage.org

Liberals who favor withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq believe the situation there is relatively straightforward: We are enmeshed in a civil war, a deeply-rooted sectarian conflict the outcome of which matters little to the U.S. Disengaging is the only way | Read More »

The debate over the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill has forced lawmakers to grapple with another contentious issue, namely: What exactly are the fiscal consequences of granting citizenship to the 12 to 15 million illegal immigrants living within our borders | Read More »

A certain irony surrounds the scheduled explosion of tax liability under the Alternative Minimum Tax. Namely, this is a “Blue State tax,” with the heaviest concentrations of affected taxpayers living in states that voted for John Kerry in the 2004 | Read More »

A recent poll by the Pew Research Center has unleashed a torrent of obituaries for the principles conservatives hold dear. To Paul Krugman of The New York Times, the poll demonstrates that conservative values are “out of step with an | Read More »

“Welfare,” it has been said, “is mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by those who receive it.” This may be true for those who deplore the loss of dignity and the self-destructive behavior that accompanies | Read More »